In Heaven We May Dwell

Handwritten poem:

Youth is the time to improve the mindIn things that is to us inclin'dAnd may our thoughts be ever rais'dTo God in prayer love and praiseThe days to us alotted hereAre short and few as it doth appearAnd may we thus improve them wellSo that in heaven we may dwell

Found in "English Grammar on the Productive System" by Roswell C. Smith. Published by William Marshall and Co., Philadelphia, 1835.